[OFFICIAL] Barcelona welcomes Michael Arroyo.

After several weeks of speculation, Barcelona has finally confirmed on Saturday morning, just hours before the team's traditional Noche Amarilla presentation, the return of Ecuadorian midfielder Michael Arroyo.

Coming from Gremio de Porto Alegre, Arroyo will once again wear the yellow jersey which he won the championship with in 2012. Although the club has not provided details of the negotiation, the previous week his agent revealed that the player had signed a three-year contract but was upset because he wasn't being called to train.

The president of the club, José Francisco Cevallos, considered Arroyo's signing a done deal after signing a sponsorship agreement with the public company CNT. Before that, there was speculation that he would be presented at an event organized by another sponsor, Cervecería Nacional, in whose facilities Paraguayan player Víctor Ayala and three other Ecuadorian players were officially introduced.

Barcelona posted a video in which Arroyo, in the renovated main dressing room, expressed: I have returned to the idol, accompanied by archived images with his goals as a bullfighter. Later, they hung a photograph in which the club's directors welcomed him and presented him with the new jersey. (D)

Welcome home @Mikyjr1 #MickyJrBSC2018 pic.twitter.com/YjE5xVNr9L

- BARCELONA S.C. (@BarcelonaSCweb) January 27, 2018